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Zimbabwean farmers win legal battle in North Gauteng High Court

Posted by ZDN on June 7, 2011

AfriForum - Media Release - 6 June 2011 While white farmers in Zimbabwe are still facing persecution and oppression, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria ruled in favour of three Zimbabwean farmers today in the case dealing with the seizure of Zimbabwean assets in South Africa. The case concerned an application brought by the Zimbabwean government last year to reverse the seizure of Zim...

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SADC Tribunal Rights Watch – Statement

Posted by ZDN on May 26, 2011

25 May 2011 – Africa Day THE SUSPENSION OF THE SADC TRIBUNAL HAS SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE REGION SADC Tribunal Rights Watch is deeply shocked at the decision taken at the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of SADC in Namibia on May 20 to dissolve the region’s internationally respected human rights court, the SADC Tribunal, for another ...

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Zimbabwe: Black commercial farmer wants SADC Tribunal reinstated

Posted by ZDN on May 20, 2011

On the eve of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State in Namibia (20/21 May), a dispossessed black commercial farmer from Zimbabwe who ran a successful agricultural enterprise is selling packets of sugar to feed his family. Luke Tembani (74), one of the first black commercial farmers after Zimbabwean independence in 1980, lost title to his farm i...

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Zimbabwe farmer who took Mugabe to court dies of his injuries

Posted by ZDN on April 8, 2011

Mike Campbell (79), the Zimbabwean commercial farmer who made legal history when he took President Mugabe to the international court of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal in 2007 and won the case a year later, passed away at his temporary home in Harare on April 6. Mike Campbell on his Mount Carmel farm in the Chegutu district of Zimbabwe in 2008. Photo Robin Hammon...

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New application to SADC Tribunal makes legal history

Posted by ZDN on April 4, 2011

SADC Tribunal Rights Watch 4 April 2011 For the first time in legal history, a group of heads of state is being cited by an individual as the respondent in an application to an international court – in this case the Southern Development Community (SADC) Tribunal - located in Windhoek, Namibia. Jeremy Gauntlett, SC, a leading South African advocate, filed the urgent application on b...

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Zimbabwe: Invasion of tourism facilities near Harare

Posted by ZDN on January 24, 2011

MEDIA RELEASE - 23 January 2011 In what looks to be the start of the next phase of state-sponsored property heists in Zimbabwe, over 20 tourism facilities have been invaded in Lake Chivero Recreational Park (formerly Lake Mcllwaine), 37 km south west of Harare. The lake is Harare’s main water supply and the surrounding land was declared a national park shortly after construction was comple...

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Military plot to keep Mugabe in power

Posted by ZDN on January 20, 2011

From ZimOnline - Thursday, 20 January 2011 HARARE – More than 80 000 youth militia, war veterans and soldiers will be deployed across the country in an army-led drive to ensure victory for President Robert Mugabe in the next elections that, according to investigations by ZimOnline, look set to be the bloodiest ever witnessed in Zimbabwe. A three-month investigation by ZimOnline that includ...

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Landmark SADC torture ruling

Posted by ZDN on January 17, 2011

From The Zimbabwean - Written by Vusimuzi Bhebhe Sunday, 16 January 2011 12:23 HARARE - The SADC Tribunal has awarded damages of nearly US$17 million to nine Zimbabwean torture victims, in a landmark ruling that yet again exposes Harare's flagrant disregard of the rule of law. The judgement handed down on 9 December 2010 followed a case in which the victims of organised violence and tortu...

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Auctioning of Zimbabwe government property in Cape Town to proceed

Posted by ZDN on November 23, 2010

MEDIA STATEMENT - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Submitted by AfriForum 22 November 2010 Auctioning of Zimbabwe government property in Cape Town to proceed The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg today ruled that the Zimbabwe government-owned property situated at 28 Salisbury Road in Kenilworth, Cape Town, is of a commercial nature and may therefore be attached and auctioned to satisf...

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Zim govt property SA to be sold for farmers’ compensation

Posted by ZDN on November 23, 2010

By Alex Bell 22 November 2010 A Zimbabwean government-owned property in South Africa has been cleared for auction, as part of efforts to seek justice for South African farmers who lost their farms in the unlawful land grab campaign in Zimbabwe. The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Monday ruled that a government-owned property in Cape Town is of a commercial nature and may t...